"Lynchings, 'Separate but equal' facilities, and Jim Crow Laws provide the backdrop for this program on the early civil rights movement highlighting the most dramatic moments in the civil rights movement from Homer Plessy to Jesse Jackson's bid for the presidency. Depicted along with the most visible leaders and events are the efforts of the ordinary men and women who risked their lives for equality."--Box.

Archival materials and Douglass' autobiographical writings are used to present the story of his life.

Directed by Oscar-nominated and NAACP Image Award winner David Massey, this dynamic documentary features legal experts, local activists, and law enforcement officers delving into ongoing charges of inequality, unfair practices, and politicized manipulations of America's judicial system. Additionally, the Black Lives Matter movement and citizens nationwide question the staggering number of police shootings of unarmed Black men and women.

An interesting tale that reveals how in 1963, due to demonstrations and public protests, an amusement park in Maryland became desegregated and opened to all for the first time.

College students played a pivotal role in the protests of the 50's and 60's. Haskell Ward recalls his own college years, evaluates new trends and developments with students at Morehouse, Spelman, Morris Brown, Clark and Atlanta University. He discusses African-American progress with student activists, educators and civil rights leaders. The program shows how Atlanta has become the cathedral city of African-American success.

This program examines the socioeconomic conditions in Watts that have made it an ongoing hotbed of violence.

News documentary on the civil unrest among the blacks and whites in Nashville, Tennessee, and the sit-in demonstration at local lunch counters.

Documentary footage of Harlem's 1967 protest march against America's involvement in the Vietnamese Conflict. Includes interviews with three Black Vietnam veterans who discuss the relationship between racism and war.

The 1954 Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka ruling made it clear that segregation would not be tolerated and that states must comply with federal law. In this program, filmed ten years after Brown, news correspondents report on the mixed progress made toward integrating public schools in Nashville, New Rochelle, New Orleans and Prince Edward County, Virginia. Stumbling blocks such as faculty segregation, busing and segregational zoning are examined....